Thorn Creek
Thorn Creek is a 20.8-mile-long tributary of the Little Calumet River that travels through Will and Cook counties in northeastern Illinois just south of Chicago.Places of Interest
Highlights include Shabbona Trail and Seton Academy.
Shabbona Trail
Nature reserve
The Chief Shabbona Trail is a hiking, bicycling, and canoeing trail located between Joliet and Morris, Illinois. The Shabbona Trail is a part of the 61-mile long National Park Service Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor.
Seton Academy
School
Seton Academy was a Catholic coeducational college-preparatory high school in South Holland, Illinois.
River Oaks Center
Commercial area
River Oaks Center is a shopping mall in Calumet City, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago. River Oaks Center is the seventh largest mall in the Chicago metropolitan area totaling 1,379,824 square feet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Holland and Thornton.
South Holland
Town
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South Holland is a village and south suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, within Thornton Township. The population was 21,465 at the 2020 census. It is named after the Dutch province of South Holland. South Holland is situated 2 miles west of Thorn Creek.
Thornton
Village
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Thornton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,386 at the 2020 census. Thornton is home to the Thornton Quarry, one of the largest quarries in the world. Thornton is situated 2½ miles southwest of Thorn Creek.
Forest–Southview Residential Historic District
Neighborhood
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Forest–Southview Residential Historic District is a national historic district located at Hammond, Indiana. The district encompasses 39 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in an exclusively residential section of Hammond. Forest–Southview Residential Historic District is situated 2½ miles east of Thorn Creek.
Thorn Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Illinois, United States
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Thorn Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Thorn Creek”
- Cebuano: “Thorn Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Illinois)”
- Cebuano: “Thorn Creek”
- Venetian: “Thorn”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include River Oaks Golf Course and River Oaks Plaza West Shopping Center.
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